The Grant-Kohrs Ranch honors their contributions. When westbound emigrants reached what would become Idaho […]
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The Other Magpie and The Woman Chief Were Crow Warriors of the ‘Weaker Sex’
Cheyenne and Lakota women also took up arms. When the Crows sent some 175 […]
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Correspondent Mark Kellogg Was ‘At the Death’ on the Little Bighorn
Though well compensated, he didn’t live to tell the story. Reporter Mark Kellogg needed […]
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Mart Duggan, Not a Believer in Regulations, Ruled Rowdy Leadville With an Iron Hand
Prospecting didn’t pan out, but marshaling had its rewards. The name Matt Dillon is […]
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Daily Quiz for June 15, 2017
Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, worked for 20 years in New York City as this job.
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Fast Draw, Inspired by 1950s TV Westerns, Helped Trigger Cowboy Action Shooting
Shooters use Colts and other single-action originals, copies and clones. From across the town […]
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The Kit Carson Home and Museum Traces the Famed Resident of Taos
The frontiersman and his family lived here a quarter century. Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson […]
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Ghost Towns: Kingston, New Mexico
On the site of a former Apache camp, nestled in the knees of the […]
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Phantom Raiders on the Trinity
In 1850 a Comanche war party attacked Fort Worth— at least according to early […]
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
Knowing that diamonds are an investor’s best friend, two prospecting cousins, Philip Arnold and […]